#HPV

HIV, anti-vaxxers, dengue fever and weak primary health care make the World Health Organization’s list of priorities.

Can photodynamic therapy eliminate the virus that causes cervical, anal and oral cancer?

In particular, women have a higher risk of cervical cancer and men have a higher risk of anal cancer.

I know two people battling HPV-related cancer. Remember: Condoms save lives—and not just by preventing HIV.

Many parents of adolescent girls have resisted the human papillomavirus vaccine for fear it will have negative behavioral consequences.

Human papillomavirus vaccine can prevent cervical, anal and oral cancers.

Nope. According to this video of Bill Gates.

However, a recent randomized controlled trial found evidence that the vaccine may prevent oral infections in this population.

April is STD Awareness Month.

The risk for cervical cancer is lower for women living with HIV on treatment.

Known as HPV16, the strain of human papillomavirus is strongly associated with anal cancer.

Women with HIV who are on treatment have a lower prevalence of high-risk cervical HPV infection.

However, compared with the general population, HIV-positive individuals remain at higher risk for a slew of malignancies.